EvD awaiting Legends Night

11:06 PM,
Jun. 29, 2013

Written by

Bobby Ardoin
Special to the Advertiser

Jake Delhomme studied the Evangeline Downs Legends Night post position assignments on Saturday as carefully as he once examined the details of his NFL playbook.

Seated in the meeting room of track racing secretary Coleman Lloyd, Delhomme's attention mirrored those of several other thoroughbred owners whose horses are also scheduled to break from the starting gate as part of a July 6 Legends Night 12-race card for total purses worth nearly $900,000.

Legends Night at Evangeline Downs is one of three major summer racing events on the track located in Opelousas just off Interstate 49. ...